The reproductive endocrine response to Plasmodium vivax infection in Hondurans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 178-187

  Muehlenbein, Michael P ^a   Alger, Jackeline ^b   Cogswell, Frank ^c   James, Mark ^d   Krogstad, Donald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Hospital Escuela   (Honduras)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HONDURAS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 24644507120     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.178     Document Type: Article

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